
Birthday:
06-24-1879
Deathday:
10-18-1940 (61 years)
Birthplace:
Ealing, London, England, UK
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To What Red Hell
Act like Mr Fairfield
event1929
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'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Clairvoyant
Act like Lord Southwood
event1935 star_border 5.9
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A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
The Speckled Band
Act like Dr. John Watson
event1931 star_border 5.5
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After her sister dies under mysterious circumstances, a young heiress seeks Holmes' help when she feels threatened by her brutish stepfather.
Dusty Ermine
Act like Mr. Kent
event1936 star_border 6.1
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A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
They Came by Night
Act like Lord Netfherly
event1940 star_border 5
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A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
His Lordship Regrets
Act like Sir Timothy Kentford
event1938
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The impoverished Lord Cavender woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan, only to find that his secretary Mary, whom he really loves, is a genuine heiress. His Lordship does quickly and truly regret.
The Spy in Black
Act like The Rev. Hector Matthews
event1939 star_border 6.4
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A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
The Constant Nymph
Act like Charles Churchill
event1933
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Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries her wealthy cousin Florence (Leonora Corbett). Undermining the already delicate Tessa’s health, the composer realises that life without Tessa is unbearable and leaves his unloving wife – but sadly too late.
The Amateur Gentleman
Act like Marquess of Comberhurst
event1936 star_border 4
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A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the watch and suspecting a frame-up, follows the royal party to London, where he poses as a wealthy "gentleman" and insinuates himself into the English court in an effort to find out who framed his father and why.
Doctor Syn
Act like Squire Anthony Cobtree
event1937 star_border 6.6
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A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
Jack of All Trades
Act like Bank Chairman
event1936 star_border 5.5
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In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a bank next to the beleaguered Robertson Hare. Here he invents a fraudulent business plan (Merrivale - you remember it surely?), the manager and chairman and another finance company are suck(er)ed in and it all snowballs from there. With of course a love interest as a dynamo.
Action for Slander
Act like Lord Pontefract
event1937
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A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
The Four Just Men
Act like Police Commissioner
event1939 star_border 6.2
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The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Poison Pen
Act like Colonel Cashelton
event1939 star_border 6.5
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The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
The Tenth Man
Act like Lord Etchingham
event1936 star_border 6
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George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.
Loyalties
Act like Lord St. Erth
event1933 star_border 6
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A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. Instead of supporting De Levis, the host attempts to hush the matter up and when this fails, he sides with Dancy and subtly tries to destroy de Levis' reputation. When Dancy is later exposed, and commits suicide, de Levis is blamed for his demise.
Frail Women
Act like Sir Robert Farrar
event1932 star_border 4.7
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An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
The Little Damozel
Act like Captain Partington
event1933
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A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
Confidential Lady
Act like Sir Joshua Morple
event1939 star_border 2
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Jill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story.....
I Killed the Count
Act like Lord Sorrington
event1939
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Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Davidson is trying to determine who murdered the much-hated Count Matton. The dilemma isn't that the Detective is suffering from a lack of witnesses but that four different people have come forth to confess to the killing, each of them with plenty of motive and opportunity.
The Path of Glory
Act like General Ferranzi
event1934
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Comedy about two Ruritanian countries who declare war on each other with the mutual intention of losing. Political satire that might have been Britain’s answer to Duck Soup.
Accused
event1936
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Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.
The Singing Cop
Act like Sir Algernon Fitzwillow
event1938
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“Spy comedy with operatic background.” - BFI.
Thistledown
Act like Duke of Invergower
event1938
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The Viennese bride of a Scottish peer is driven away by suspicion and unfriendliness from his family. Famous, she buys the estate and her husband returns to be reconciled with her and the son of whom he never knew.
Return of a Stranger
Act like Sir Patrick Wall
event1937 star_border 5.5
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James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the crime, knowing the solicitor was alive when he left him. Carol refuses to speak to him, and he escapes on a ship to South Africa. There, he is the victim of an accident that disfigures his face, and he returns to England to clear his name, believing he won't be recognized. Other than by everybody who knew him, it turns out.
It Happened to One Man
Act like Lord Kenley
event1940
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A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
Meet Maxwell Archer
Act like Supt. Gordon
event1940
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Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
Old Mother Riley in Society
Act like Duke
event1940 star_border 6.5
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Old Mother Riley does the laundry for the dancers in the pantomime "Aladdin", where her daughter Kitty works as a chorus girl. Sneaking a peek at the show one day, Mother Riley accidentally pops up through a trap door onto the stage. Accosted by the angry star, Mother Riley’s belligerent responses have the audience in stitches. Outraged, the star walks out, leaving Kitty to take over the leading role, to great success.
Canaries Sometimes Sing
Act like Ernest Melton
event1930
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Geoffrey and his wife Anne are trapped in a stifling marriage, which neither feels able to leave. When Geoffrey's boyhood friend, Ernest, and his new wife, Elma, come for a long visit, it's soon apparent that their marriage is equally unhappy. As Ernest and Anne strike up a supposedly secret affair, Geoffrey and Elma do everything they can to encourage their spouses' infidelity, whilst also pretending to be blissfully unaware of it.
The Temporary Widow
Act like President of the Court of Justice
event1930
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Kitty Kellermann is put on trial for murdering her husband, a failed painter. When her counsel resigns from his mandate, the mysterious Peter Bille steps in, though it becomes apparent that he actually is not an advocate but Kitty's lover and moreover confesses the murder. The widow has to admit that the pictures by her deceased spouse sell much better, only for him to suddenly appear alive.
The Faithful Heart
Act like Sir Gilbert Oughterson
event1932 star_border 5.5
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Herbert Marshall and Edna Best, husband and wife in 1933, star in the British drama Faithful Hearts. Best plays the daughter of Marshall, who years earlier had run out on his family. When Edna re-enters Marshall's life, it causes him to reassess his values-and to end his engagement to his judgmental fiancee. When Faithful Hearts was released in the US, all the voices were redubbed by American actors; even Herbert Marshall, a fixture in Hollywood films since the dawn of the talkie era, was submitted to this electronic augmentation. Original titled The Faithful Heart (Americans must have more of everything!), the film was based on a play by Monckton Hoffe.
Where's Sally?
Act like Lord Mullion
event1936
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'Honeymoon wife learns of husband's past and runs away.' (British Film Catalogue)
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